The Magic Will

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qIn the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for mak-ing high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people.q -Chicago Tribune Book World qGold...has a sharp eye for detail.q-The Washington Times Magazine qNot just a good book, but a great one.q-Daily Mail (London) qHerbert Gold... gives his stories a wry, bright air of wonder...he is a born storyteller.q-New York Times qOne of the most gifted writers in America.q-Detroit Times Important writers are expected to gather together collections of their shorter works-the obligatory book of stories or essays. In this collection, Herbert Gold discards convention, and instead combines fiction and non-fiction themes that have been important to him as a writer and social thinker. This qinterchange between fact and fiction, q as Gold writes, qpresents the picture of an American mind wrestling with the American mentality.q And that mind ranges wide: from the miseries of Haiti to the disasters of Biafra; from the new universities and the beatniks and hippies of San Francisco in the 1960s to the literary life and encounters with random violence, love, death, and sexuality in the present. Portions of this book have been published in periodicals as varied as Esquire and Look, Hudson Review, and Tri-Quarterly, and some appear here for the first time. For this edition, Gold bridges the sections with new introductions, which link the specific works, the times, and his life. The book includes the savage and moving story qA Death on the East Side, q and his meditation on the doom of Biafra and the meaning of its fate. He has added two new essays, qKing of the Cleveland Beatniks, q about his brother, and qQuality Time with Sonny Barger, q about the former president of the Hell's Angels Oakland Chapter. These show his consistent interest in what many would see as the margins of social life. Of the title, the author writes: qThe Magic Willq seeks to make the real world unreal and magical, and the unreal and magical world practical and real.q Amusing, touching, playful, ultimately deeply serious, this book by Herbert Gold further illuminates the mind and heart of a superb writer. It will be a joy to those interested in the humanities, as well as cultural history and social awareness in the broadest sense. Herbert Gold is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and occasional journalist, who has made his living as a writer for fifty years.In this collection, Herbert Gold discards convention, and instead combines fiction and non-fiction themes that have been important to him as a writer and social thinker.

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The Magic Will

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Herbert Gold

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Transaction Publishers - 1971

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